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Thursday, November 06, 2003

What a Week

It has been a very busy week for us at the Davies household. Some of that busy has been good, some bad and some was just, well, busy. We are involved in the College's production of A Christmas Carol. Originally, our role was supposed to have been to play the Fezziwigs and have a bit of fun but now it has ballooned to three roles for me, including the last lines of the play. I can't say that I'm totally happy with the turn of events as I don't really feel I have time to do the job as well as I'd like but the director needed us to step up and we'll do the best we can.

To add we add the unfortunate happenstance that our eldest dog, Canaan, has had something go wrong with her body. We don't know if it's a ruptured disk, a tumor or what but she has mostly lost her ability to walk. This makes doing all of our morning and evening stuff a lot harder. We are hopeful that some sort of steriod regimine might help as she's seen some improvement over the last couple of days but things are still looking bleak. The hardest part to this is that she looks so sad all the time since she can't move freely with the pack.

Finally, over the last several days I've been working with students, past and present, in our ministry on issues they are dealing with in their lives. I feel very blessed to be able to help out but it can be time consuming. It helps when I have a little heads up and can clear some things off of my schedule but that rarely happens. Since the students are usually higher priority that my laundry and grocery shopping, the daily living stuff often gets placed on the back burner. Usually, this isn't a problem with with all the other "busy"ness, it has stretched things more than I'd like.

This weekend is the final ride of the season. We go down to Claxton every year to do the Cruisin' in the Country century. It's a great weekend to unwind and relax and get in one more long ride. This year shouldbe no exception. I'm still trying to decide how I will ride the event but I like the idea of going hard one more time. I liked being the first century rider in last year. We'll see what happens. The best part is that when it is over, I'll have three weeks of R&R with only a little swimming and weightlighting to tire me out. The extra time and the lower stress on my body will be will be welcomed by all.

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